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Joseph Stalin
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  • Born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1878 .
  • Stalin organized labor, speaking forcefully and inspired ordinary folk.

  • Conducted massive purge of the Red Army, resulting in the execution, imprisonment or dismissal .

  • Deported millions to forced labor camps.

  • He used his new position to consolidate power in exactly his way.

  • Controlled all appointments, set agendas, and moved around Party staff .

  • Stalin was a cruel dictator in russia and murders people because he thought that people in his society were supporting Trotsky.

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Napoleon

  • Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals

  • When Snowball became too much of a threat to Napolean's authority.

  • Napolean runs Snowball off of the property (similar to how Stalin runs off Trotsky).

  • Napolean twisted Old Major's idea of animal freedom and equality in to his own idea of rebellion (Stalin).

  • Napolean wanted to build the windmill for electricity (Stalin wanted to industrialize the Soviet Union).

  • Obsessed with power and lead the farm to doom


The Downfall


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"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" chpt.10

Napoleon also begins to act more and more like a human being—sleeping in a bed, drinking whisky, and engaging in trade with neighboring farmers. The original Animalist principles strictly forbide activities, Squealer, Napoleon’s propagandist, made every action to the other animals, convincing them that Napoleon is a great leader and is making things better for everyone

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  • The farm Russia/the USSR, and the overthrowing of the farmer represents the Russian Revolution.

  • Napolean forces the chickens to give up there eggs because they rebeled against him

  • Napolean slaughtered any animal that attempted to go against him

  • After the revolt, Napolean took nine puppies and educated them, raised them to obey him, and crate bodyguards for himself



Stalin vs. Napolean


The Three Five Year Plans

The Seven Commandments

1928-1932
The First Five Year Plan
First Commandment
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
pg.17
This brought all indusrty under state control.
Second Commandment
Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is
a friend.
pg.17
1933-1937
The Second Five Year Plan
Third Commandment
No animal shall wear clothes.
pg.17
New communication systems such as railroad
and new industries such as chemical industries.
Fourth Commandment
No animal shall sleep in the bed.
pg.18
1938-1941
The Third Five Year Plan
Fifth Commandment
No animal shall drink alcohol.
pg.18
Increased the weapon production.
Sixth Commandment
No animal shall kill another.
pg.18

Seventh Commandment
All animals are equal.
pg.18






Stalin:

Each plan set a target which industries had to meet. Each factory set a target which it had to meet. These targets were unrealistic and could not be met but vast improvements were made. This included industries such as coal, oil, iron and steel and electricity.


Industrial Development


1927

1932
1937
Coal
35 million tons

64 mt (75 mt target)
128 mt (152 mt target)
Oil
12 million tons

21 mt (22 mt target)
29 mt (47 mt target)
Iron Ore
5 million tons

12 mt (19 mt target)
unknown
Pig Iron
3 million tons

6 mt (10 mt target)
15 mt (16 mt target)
Steel
4 million tons

6 mt (10 mt target)
18 mt (17 mt target)
mt = millions of tons

Napolean:The seven commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after. pg.17

The Seven Commandments

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ogyip4TSis

References


Orwell, George. (1974). Animal Farm. Boston: Harcourt Brace & Company.

Milford High School. (2001). John Stalin Vs. Napolean. Retrieved December 13, 2010 from
http://www.milford.k12.il.us/MHSsite/Students/studentproj/animal/allegoricalsymbolism/joenapoleon.htm

Animal Farm: Napolean Vs.Stalin. Retrieved December 14, 2010 from
http://www.milford.k12.il.us/MHSsite/Students/studentproj/animal/allegoricalsymbolism/joenapoleon.htm

Animal Farm Quotes. Retrieved December 13, 2010 from
http://classiclit.about.com/od/animalfarmgeorgeorwell/a/aa_animfarquote.htm